Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg appointed Chair of REF 2029 Sub-panel 4
29 May 2025
The REF is the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.
Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Teaching, Research Culture and Engagement for NDCN teams
23 May 2025
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which recognise achievements and celebrate success across the collegiate University, were announced at a special ceremony hosted by the VC in the Sheldonian Theatre on 15 May 2025.
New Associate Professors
22 May 2025
Three new Associate Professor were awarded the title in the most recent Recognition of Distinction round.
Vice-Chancellor’s Awards nominations in NDCN
13 March 2025
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are a University-wide celebration of our outstanding people. Four projects involving members of NDCN are included in the shortlist.
Celebrating our #SheKicksHeroes for IWD2025
8 March 2025
Saturday 8 March is International Women's Day. To mark the day we're highlighting Football on the Brain's recent school workshop celebrating inspirational women and sharing the team's #SheKicksHeroes.
Bringing Neuroscience to Life: A Visit to Aylesford School
28 February 2025
Two researchers from NDCN visited the Warwickshire school to teach students about the brain.
NDCN researchers awarded ARIA funding for future adoption of neurotechnologies
21 January 2025
Project teams led by Associate Professor Melanie Fleming and Professor Ben Seymour have been awarded funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to advance research that could unlock next-generation precision neurotechnologies.
First patients scanned in new study investigating traumatic brain injury in young athletes
15 January 2025
Researchers at The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology, situated within Oxford University’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, have recruited their first participants for a new study exploring the impact of head injuries on the brains of 11 to 18-year-olds using cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques.
NDCN innovators take their tech to Oxford Digital Festival
2 December 2024
Researchers from OxQUIP and the Vision Group shared their innovative technologies with colleagues
Brain acts like music box playing different behaviours
7 November 2024
Neuroscientists reveal how cells form a coordinate system for behavioural sequences
Football on the (alumni) brain
22 October 2024
A nine-strong team from WIN and NDCN spent a soggy Saturday morning in September bringing Football on the Brain to Meeting Minds 2024, the annual flagship event for Oxford alumni.
Dr Clémence Ligneul awarded European Research Council Starting Grant to launch ambitious project
5 September 2024
Dr Clémence Ligneul is one of six Oxford researchers selected for a major European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, who will each receive up to €1.5 million for a period of five years.
Heidi Johansen-Berg elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
17 May 2024
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience has been honoured by the Royal Society by being elected a Fellow for her outstanding contributions to science.
New MRI research reveals more about the effects of two movement disorders on sensorimotor functional connection
18 December 2023
Our researchers have shown for the first time non-invasively in humans a differential, clinically meaningful impact of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases on the sensorimotor functional connection of the subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex.
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging receives engagement award
6 December 2023
The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging has been awarded the Silver Engage Watermark in recognition of their outstanding commitment to supporting public and community engagement.
Professor Irene Tracey elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
10 May 2023
Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford and Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience, was selected for her substantial contributions to the advancement of science.
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) receives Silver Engage Watermark Award
9 May 2023
This award from the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is a significant landmark, indicating WIN's commitment to embedding support for public engagement.
Twenty-five years of functional MRI of the brain at Oxford
21 April 2023
If you think back to 1998, you might remember it as the year that Google came into existence, or the year that construction began on the International Space Station, or perhaps even the year that the UK won the Eurovision Song Contest. But it was also a very significant year for medical sciences: the year that the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) officially opened.